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News: December 2012
What's in store for 2013?
Dec 20, 2012 7 comments
Celebrate the turn of the year with our predictions of the key physics events of the next 12 months
Our favourite pictures of 2012
Dec 19, 2012 2 comments
From bio-engineered jellyfish and levitating drops to lunar landscapes
Physics World's 2012 Book of the Year
Dec 18, 2012 1 comment
An entertaining tale of how an oddball group of physicists revived interest in quantum fundamentals wins this year's top honour
Multimedia highlights of 2012
Dec 17, 2012
From the fault lines of San Francisco to the insane traffic of Mumbai
Physics World reveals its top 10 breakthroughs for 2012
Dec 14, 2012 18 comments
ATLAS and CMS take top gong for Higgs-like discovery
Magnetic metamaterials could boost wireless energy transmission
Dec 12, 2012 6 comments
Transformation optics concentrates magnetic energy
Higgs hunters and Stephen Hawking bag new $3m prizes
Dec 11, 2012 17 comments
Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner splashes cash on fundamental physics
Flexible graphene transistor sets new records
Dec 10, 2012 2 comments
State-of-the-art device has unprecedented electronic and mechanical properties
Laser pulse makes insulator conduct like a metal
Dec 7, 2012 7 comments
Ultrafast switching could lead to faster circuits
GRAIL mission peers beneath the Moon's fractured surface
Dec 6, 2012 13 comments
Map of lunar gravity sheds light on early solar system
Ancient gas sheds light on universe's first billion years
Dec 5, 2012 3 comments
Quasar light probes era when first stars switched on
Semiconductor funnel could boost solar cells
Dec 4, 2012 5 comments
Band-gap engineering increases photon absorption
